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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1975-09-25

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1975-09-25, page 01

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VOL. 53 NO: 40
SEPTEMBER 25,1975 -TISHREI20
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JERUSALEM (WNS) - Yom Kippur was peaceful throughout Israel although the memory of the fateful Day of Atonement in 1973 was still fresh in everyone's
. minds. Memorial prayers were offered for the fallen of the Yom Kippur War and previous wars. The Western Wall was heavily visited and synagogues were full throughout the country. In the border towns, villages
. and kibbutzim, worshippers prayed with M-l rifles
slung over their shoulders. Army units, border police
and civil guards were out in force, especially along the
northern border.
UNITED NATIONS (WNS) - The Middle^ East
- situation requires "a global solution which will take into account all the aspects of the problem including recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people," UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim told a gathering of diplomats at the annual Dag Hammerskjold memorial scholarship' luncheon. He also warned that the Sinai agreement must not be allowed to create "dangerous" complacency and that the momentum of negotiations must be maintained in the effort to reach overall peace.
LONDON (WNS) — An attempt by young Liberals to have Said Hammami, representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in London address the Liberal Party conference, was defeated by an overwhelming "majority. Christopher Mayhew, a pro-Arab propagandist, said the PLO group is a moderate organization which has wrongly been accused of terrorism. Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe denounced the PLO as "the most appalling organization with blood on its hands."
TEL AVIV (WNS) — A five-man Israeli weightlifting team, the first Israeli athlete? in the Soviet Union since
'*1973; were- swarmed over by thousands of Moscow ,v .•.J^ws^MejrrM^sh^i; captain of .the team.toldfriends '' Here by telephone' that' they'could hardly enter the' Moscow Synagogue for Kol Nidre services because Jews tried to embrace or touch mem. When the team marched into the Luzinsky sports stadium with an Israeli flag it was cheered by hundreds of Jews, many of whom held up signs saying "Shalom."
dngress Sues Commerce
cott
WASHINGTON, D.C, Sept. 22 — The American Jewish-Congress today filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act to require the- Department of Commerce to make public the names of American companies involved in the Arab boycott of Jewish business interests or companies that trade with Israel;
Secretary of Commerce Rogers C. B. Morton and Rauer H. Meyer, director of the Department's Office of Export Administration, were named as defendants in papers filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The American Jewish Congress action seeks an injunction to bar the Federal officials from withholding their files on U.S. firms that are asked to comply with the Arab boycott. The suit also asks for a declaratory judgment' "that such withholding is nqt authorized .bylaw," . t_:,2 v ,
The suit was brought after the Jewish group, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, had exhausted its efforts to obtain the material from the Commerce Department.
Last week, in a letter to the American Jewish Congress, Secretary Morton rejected the organization's appeal from an earlier ruling by Mr. Meyer refusing to make the information available.
In his letter, dated Sept. 17, Secretary Morton said that reports on Arab boycott requests filed with the Commerce Department by American companies under the Export Administration Act ' of 1965 were "confidential" unless he judged that withholding
them was "contrary to the national interest."
Asserting that he was "unable to conclude that withholding of the material you have requested would be contrary to national interest," Secretary Morton wrote .that disclosing the identity of such firms "might reveal to their trade competitor's valuable intelligence" and could expose them "to obvious countermeasures and pressure by various individuals and groups."
-Secretary Morton said that making public > such information would not "serve a constructive purpose or contribute to the national welfare" and that
] "disclosure.'..,. would be of great potential damage to the small exporting companies now developing their trade in. Middle Eastern markets and gaining a toehold in this highly cothpetitive region." In a statement responding to Mr. Morton's letter,
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New York City Employers Are Warned Against Bowing To Boycott Prejudice
By David Friedman
NEW YORK (JTA) - New York City Human Rights Commissioner- Eleanor Holmes Norton on Sept. 18 warned' New York City employers ■ not' ' 'to discriminate, -against Jews under pressure from the Arab boycott. In a press conference announcing- that she has sent a letter to city trade associations warning that such discrimination would violate the City
. WASHINGTON(WNS) - The United States will supply Israel with "various substantial amounts of military hardware," but there is no U.S. commitment to provide Israel with long- range "Pershing" ground- to-ground, missiles or the new, highly sophisticated F- 16 fighter planes, President Ford told an impromptu White House press conference.. Ford's CQip'menis:came iri response- ■ to press reports that the U.S.: commitments to provide Israel with theF-l&'s which are not expected to go into production until 1978 and the "pershings" are part of the Israeli-Egyptian Sinai accord. The missiles with a 460-mile range and nuclear war capability, could reach Egyptian targets from Israel. Ford said the F-16's , and the "Pershings" are "on the shopping list between the U.S. and Israel and they will be discussed with -representatives of the Israeli government." The President said the arms that have been
supplied to Israel and will be in the future are to assure Israel's survival. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger in a press conference in Cincinnati reaffirmed that the U.S. had only agreed to discuss the possibility of supplying Israel with F-16's and the "Pershing" missiles. However, when asked if Israel would have signed the accord without the prospect of the two weapons, Kissinger said, 'JThatishardtosay," Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who arrived in the United States for talks on Israel's amis requests, said he did not want to talk about what Israel will be asking for, "Ground-to-ground missiles are already in the Mideast," Peres said noting thai the Soviet Union has supplied Egypt with the "Scud" and "Frog" missiles and that. Israel will be getting the "Lance" missile from the U.S. along with F-1S fighters. But Peres emphasized that Israel will not ask the U.S. "for
anything that has nuclear potential and capability." Later, speaking at the National Press Club, Peres- said that Israel was ready to guarantee that it will not put nuclear warheads on any U.S. weapons it receives that is capable of delivering such warheads. .
President Ford urged Congress to approve the - military and economic aid for Israel which is part of the Sinai agreement. Speaking at a White jiouse press conference, Ford noted that 76 senators sent Mm a letter last spring "urging that I recommend, to Congress more money for Israel and no guarantees of peace, whereas, at thepresent time we have made this agreement — that is Israel and Egypt have made this agreement — and the prospective cost to the United States is less than what the ; 76 senators recommended. So we not only have peace and a step toward a broader peace, but at a lesser cost than what the
76 senators promoted." Ford also said that he believes that U.S. sources available to Israel will provide that country with adequate oil supplies after Israel returns the Abu Rodeis oilfields to Egypt. "We're not concerned that these (Israeli Oil) supplies will be turned off," he said, and "therefore, it will have no adverse impact as we see it on bur own supplies," However, Undersecretary of State Joseph Sisco, testifying before the House International Relations Committee, said the U.S. has not given ' Israel "a guarantee" of oil supplies in the event of an Arab embargo. According to the text of a secret U.S.-Israel memorandum disclosed in the press, the U.S. "will promptly make oil available for'purchase" by Israel if that country is, unable 2 to purchase its oil heeds. Sisco told the committee "It is one thing to assist in making (oil) available for purchase
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Human Rights Law, Ms. Norton said the City Commission on Human Rights believed that the best way to combat
discrimination was to prevent it before it occurs. The Commissioner made her statements in announcing that'~the~ Commission has found probable cause in a complaint charging a New York City oil company with discriminating in the firing of a Jewish receptionist- typist in Feb. 1974 whose job required the greeting of Arab visitors.
Ms. Norton said that Stacie Schwerner of Queens charged that the American Independent Oil Co., which doe&agreat deal of business with Arab companies, fired her after they learned she was Jewish. The case will
now proceed to a bearing before a hearing officer, after which a final decision will be made. Ms. Schwerner will be represented by the Commission's attorneys. Ms. Norton said this, is the first such case that has gone to a public hearing. She said the case Was referred to the Commission by the American Jewish Congress which she. praised for its action. She stressed that individuals who feel they are discriminated against can appeal to the Commission and noted that the city law protects individuals from retaliation. Any firm' found guilty of discrimination is liable to pay both compensatory damages as well as damages for pain and suffering, Ms." Norton
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
CJF Annual ieeting Will
Focus On 50th Anniversary
Sidney 1. Blatt, President of the Columbus Jewish Federation will preside at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Federation on Sunday evening, October 5th, 1975 at 6 p.m. at Winding Hollow Country Club. The Annual Meeting, open to the community, will feature a major address by Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz on "The American Jewish Community: An Historical Perspective".
Norman Meizlish, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, will present a full slate of officers, and Board members for the coming year (as previously printed in the Ohio Jewish- Chronicle), and all members of the Columbus Jewish Federation (contributors of $10 or more to. the United , Jewish Fund Campaign) will
Sidney I. Blatt
be able to vote for the officers and board members. The invocation will be delivered by Rabbi Nathan Zelizer, Rabbi Emeritus of Tifereth Israel, and the benediction by Dr. Jerome D. Folkman, Rabbi
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-JMl2_£i. such information would not "serve a constructive purpose or contribute to the national welfare" and that
] "disclosure.'..,. would be of great potential damage to the small exporting companies now developing their trade in. Middle Eastern markets and gaining a toehold in this highly cothpetitive region." In a statement responding to Mr. Morton's letter,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
New York City Employers Are Warned Against Bowing To Boycott Prejudice
By David Friedman
NEW YORK (JTA) - New York City Human Rights Commissioner- Eleanor Holmes Norton on Sept. 18 warned' New York City employers ■ not' ' 'to discriminate, -against Jews under pressure from the Arab boycott. In a press conference announcing- that she has sent a letter to city trade associations warning that such discrimination would violate the City
. WASHINGTON(WNS) - The United States will supply Israel with "various substantial amounts of military hardware," but there is no U.S. commitment to provide Israel with long- range "Pershing" ground- to-ground, missiles or the new, highly sophisticated F- 16 fighter planes, President Ford told an impromptu White House press conference.. Ford's CQip'menis:came iri response- ■ to press reports that the U.S.: commitments to provide Israel with theF-l&'s which are not expected to go into production until 1978 and the "pershings" are part of the Israeli-Egyptian Sinai accord. The missiles with a 460-mile range and nuclear war capability, could reach Egyptian targets from Israel. Ford said the F-16's , and the "Pershings" are "on the shopping list between the U.S. and Israel and they will be discussed with -representatives of the Israeli government." The President said the arms that have been
supplied to Israel and will be in the future are to assure Israel's survival. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger in a press conference in Cincinnati reaffirmed that the U.S. had only agreed to discuss the possibility of supplying Israel with F-16's and the "Pershing" missiles. However, when asked if Israel would have signed the accord without the prospect of the two weapons, Kissinger said, 'JThatishardtosay," Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who arrived in the United States for talks on Israel's amis requests, said he did not want to talk about what Israel will be asking for, "Ground-to-ground missiles are already in the Mideast," Peres said noting thai the Soviet Union has supplied Egypt with the "Scud" and "Frog" missiles and that. Israel will be getting the "Lance" missile from the U.S. along with F-1S fighters. But Peres emphasized that Israel will not ask the U.S. "for
anything that has nuclear potential and capability." Later, speaking at the National Press Club, Peres- said that Israel was ready to guarantee that it will not put nuclear warheads on any U.S. weapons it receives that is capable of delivering such warheads. .
President Ford urged Congress to approve the - military and economic aid for Israel which is part of the Sinai agreement. Speaking at a White jiouse press conference, Ford noted that 76 senators sent Mm a letter last spring "urging that I recommend, to Congress more money for Israel and no guarantees of peace, whereas, at thepresent time we have made this agreement — that is Israel and Egypt have made this agreement — and the prospective cost to the United States is less than what the ; 76 senators recommended. So we not only have peace and a step toward a broader peace, but at a lesser cost than what the
76 senators promoted." Ford also said that he believes that U.S. sources available to Israel will provide that country with adequate oil supplies after Israel returns the Abu Rodeis oilfields to Egypt. "We're not concerned that these (Israeli Oil) supplies will be turned off," he said, and "therefore, it will have no adverse impact as we see it on bur own supplies," However, Undersecretary of State Joseph Sisco, testifying before the House International Relations Committee, said the U.S. has not given ' Israel "a guarantee" of oil supplies in the event of an Arab embargo. According to the text of a secret U.S.-Israel memorandum disclosed in the press, the U.S. "will promptly make oil available for'purchase" by Israel if that country is, unable 2 to purchase its oil heeds. Sisco told the committee "It is one thing to assist in making (oil) available for purchase
. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
Human Rights Law, Ms. Norton said the City Commission on Human Rights believed that the best way to combat
discrimination was to prevent it before it occurs. The Commissioner made her statements in announcing that'~the~ Commission has found probable cause in a complaint charging a New York City oil company with discriminating in the firing of a Jewish receptionist- typist in Feb. 1974 whose job required the greeting of Arab visitors.
Ms. Norton said that Stacie Schwerner of Queens charged that the American Independent Oil Co., which doe&agreat deal of business with Arab companies, fired her after they learned she was Jewish. The case will
now proceed to a bearing before a hearing officer, after which a final decision will be made. Ms. Schwerner will be represented by the Commission's attorneys. Ms. Norton said this, is the first such case that has gone to a public hearing. She said the case Was referred to the Commission by the American Jewish Congress which she. praised for its action. She stressed that individuals who feel they are discriminated against can appeal to the Commission and noted that the city law protects individuals from retaliation. Any firm' found guilty of discrimination is liable to pay both compensatory damages as well as damages for pain and suffering, Ms." Norton
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
CJF Annual ieeting Will
Focus On 50th Anniversary
Sidney 1. Blatt, President of the Columbus Jewish Federation will preside at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Federation on Sunday evening, October 5th, 1975 at 6 p.m. at Winding Hollow Country Club. The Annual Meeting, open to the community, will feature a major address by Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz on "The American Jewish Community: An Historical Perspective".
Norman Meizlish, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, will present a full slate of officers, and Board members for the coming year (as previously printed in the Ohio Jewish- Chronicle), and all members of the Columbus Jewish Federation (contributors of $10 or more to. the United , Jewish Fund Campaign) will
Sidney I. Blatt
be able to vote for the officers and board members. The invocation will be delivered by Rabbi Nathan Zelizer, Rabbi Emeritus of Tifereth Israel, and the benediction by Dr. Jerome D. Folkman, Rabbi
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
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